It’s far from a sure thing that Dev Patel’s Oscar nomination — or the fact that the internet is obsessed with his hair — will translate into more of the big roles Hollywood still reserves for a certain kind (and color) of man.

In the lead-up to Australia’s national day, as an increasing number of us reflect on the deeper meaning of “Australia Day” and what it has come to represent, we set out to interrogate how societal privilege plays out in Australian society.

These novels, essay collections, memoirs, histories, and more will help you understand why there is no feminism without intersectionality, why we should remember our history before we repeat it, and why Roe v. Wade is a lot more tenuous than you might think.

For years, ANTM fostered the kind of complex conversations about race, gender, and sexuality that are finally happening more widely in mainstream American TV and culture — even as the newest version of the show might leave them behind.